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KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on the farm bill, James Comey, and UFO scientists disappearing

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner on Iran war, USPS incompetence and more

St. Louis Public Radio: U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell says Voting Rights Act decision should be a wake-up call for St. Louis

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Wesley Bell, Ann Wagner join other lawmakers in pushing for better mail service (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KSDK: Ann Wagner, Wesley Bell push legislation to hold US Postal Service accountable for bad mail service

KWPM (West Plains): Area Republicans hold Lincoln Day event at the West Plains Civic Center; speakers include Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, Sen. Brad Hudson, Reps. Lisa Durnell and Keith Elliott, Travis Smith

Brad & John Show on Instagram, Monday recap: The final episode of the Brad & John Show: John calls Brad’s bluff, Brad rage quits the show

Brad & John Show on Instagram, Friday show recap: After 583 radio episodes, the end is near: Brad has on-air crashout, refuses to play show intro, ends the show early

Gray Media (KMOV, KCTV, KY3, et al.): Missouri ballot questions take opposite approaches to voter-passed policies

The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate Hour by Hour Monday, May 4

The Missouri Times: Missouri House Hour by Hour Monday, May 4

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri lawmakers eye property tax changes as deadline nears

KOMU (Columbia): Democrats and Republicans debate 2027 state budget with looming deadline

Missouri Independent: Budget earmarks fight becomes part of St. Louis County political battle; Sen. Brian Williams is questioning earmarks for agencies where Sen. Angela Mosley’s daughter and sister have jobs

Missouri Business Alert, via Columbia Missourian: March basketball brings betting bounce as Missouri wagers, tax revenue jump

Gasconade County Republican: School superintendent Dr. Staci Johnson on budget woes: “(G)ambling money is not coming in at the rate that (state officials) budgeted for and that they anticipated it would.”

KOMU (Columbia): Missouri gas station slot machines gross millions, and some lawmakers want to regulate them

KC Star: Missouri House hits the gas on proposal to raise speed limit to 75 mph (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Columbia Missourian: Senate committee hears bills regulating commercial vehicles and guns

Columbia Missourian: Senate hearing 129 page public safety bill

P-D: Sen. Ben Brown (R-Washington) pushes for cleanup of Missouri’s 29 abandoned landfills (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Capitol Commission hears updates, waits for final budget decisions

Southeast Missourian: Bill from Sen. Jamie Burger (R-Benton) would give private contractors same immunity as MoDOT; negligence provisions remain

JCNT: Missouri bill aims to reduce dependence on foreign supply chains

The Beacon (Kansas City): Kansas City charter school ‘does not meet’ performance standards. Will it stay open?

Gasconade County Republican: New hemp law to limit access, force local shop closures

Missouri Independent: St. Louis marijuana facility faces product recall and loss in labor conflict

Columbia Missourian: Access to highly potent opioids creates new risk in region

KSHB (Kansas City): Missouri asks Jackson County judge to stop all 7-OH sales, linking product to nearly 200 deaths

Columbia Missourian: Gov. Kehoe appoints members to Missouri Advanced Nuclear Energy Task Force

P-D: Data centers use lots of electricity. Should we be worried? Here are 5 key issues (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Fox4 KC: Missouri’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law under fire from some prosecutors, families (link via TonysKansasCity.com) (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KOMU (Columbia), via KBIA: Missouri Dept. of Conservation releases updated information about black bear and elk hunting permits

Columbia Daily Tribune: Planning to hunt a black bear or elk in Missouri? Apply in May

KC Star op-ed: Attorney Harrison M. Rosenthal: Missouri has a solution to frivolous lawsuits. Lawmakers need to pass it

KC Star’s Yvette Walker: What’s behind the Respect MO Voters petition? Organizers tell us

KC Star’s Mara Rose Williams: This black politician recently dropped some historical gems in Kansas City; highlights from James Clyburn’s visit

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